FLDOE Free Resources for Families & Teachers

FLDOE Free Resources for Families; Teachers – As Florida continues to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and while students are at home during their summer break, the Florida Department of Education has compiled a list of free resources, offered by state and federal agencies, private companies, and non-profit organizations to help school districts, colleges, educators and families to combat the “summer slide” and prepare for the re-opening of schools in fall 2020.

All About Adolescent Literacy

All About Adolescent Literacy – All About Adolescent Literacy (AdLit.org) is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation’s capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

Florida Department of Education Parent Survey Exceptional Student Education

Florida Department of Education Parent Survey Exceptional Student Education – The Florida Department of Education is working with school districts to gather information on how well parents think their child’s school is partnering with parents of students with disabilities, and would like to include your input. Your responses will help guide efforts to improve services and results for children and families. This survey is for parents of students with individual educational plans (IEP) receiving special education services during the 2023-24 school year. All information provided will remain confidential.

You may submit one online survey for each child receiving services. To access the survey, please refer to the survey code on your invite cover letter or the box on the bottom left-hand corner of your paper survey.

To access the survey online, please use the link below.
FLDOE Parent Survey Website

You can complete this survey between March 1 and June 30.

Project CORE

Project Core – Project Core is a comprehensive implementation program for the delivery of Universal Core vocabulary instruction and augmentative communication supports using the multi-tiered system for augmenting language (mSAL).

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Smithsonian Learning Lab – The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a major rethinking of how the digital resources from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 major research centers, the National Zoo, and more, can be used together, for learning. The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access created the Smithsonian Learning Lab to inspire the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials—more than a million images, recordings, and texts. It is easy to find something of interest because search results display pictures rather than lists. Whether you’ve found what you were looking for or just discovered something new, it’s easy to personalize it. Add your own notes and tags, incorporate discussion questions, and save and share. The Learning Lab makes it simple.